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Pope Leo XIV picks up where Pope Francis left off, and embraces a new Mass focused on the environment, care for the Earth and climate change.
ALBERTO DE ANGELIS, the mayor of Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Pope Leo returning to the hilltop town for the summer, a tradition Francis had abandoned.
Ravaging the earth and creating environmental injustices are not what God had in mind when he entrusted creation to humanity, ...
A new rite published by the Vatican on Thursday will allow priests to celebrate a Mass to exhort Catholics to exercise care ...
Pope Francis' encyclical, "'Laudato Si',' has now guided the Catholic Church and many people of goodwill for ten years. May ...
CNA Staff, Jun 7, 2025 / 11:45 am Pope Leo XIV on Saturday said the Catholic Church is open to establishing a common date of Easter among all Christian churches, echoing one of the aims of the ...
Pope Leo XIV greets participants attending a conference on the ecumenical implications of the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea June 7, 2025, in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic ...
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday said the Catholic Church is open to establishing a common date of Easter among all Christian churches, echoing one of the aims of the Council of Nicaea that met 1,700 ...
The Vatican News site published the warning after a 36-minute “deep fake” —A.I.-generated—video of Pope Leo was posted on YouTube.
Pope Leo XIV met with faith leaders at the Vatican on Monday, emphasizing his commitment to continue Pope Francis’ legacy on synodality in relation to ecumenical dialogue.
Pope Leo X himself was the Bishop of Rome when Martin Luther put up his Ninety-five Theses in 1517. Leo XIV says he hopes to heal some of these divisions that occurred during the reign of some of ...
Pope Leo XIV greets Buddhist monks who present him with gifts during a meeting with religious leaders at the Vatican May 19, 2025. The leaders were in Rome for the pope’s inauguration Mass. (CNS ...